Brady's Visa Application

You wouldn't believe what was required for Brady to apply for a Visa to Brazil. About a dozen different documents, many in duplicate, and most had to be notarized. As usual, Michelle did most of the work. Anyway, we finally finished it and sent it certified mail to the church mission travel office. Hope we got it right, and they don't send it back with corrections needed.

Don's Birthday

This was the first time I celebrated my birthday with just Michelle and I. Dinner and a movie, then home to open presents.

Brady Received His Mission Call

Brady received his mission call to the Santa Maria, Brazil mission. Santa Maria is in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, which is the Southern most state. It is Southwest of San Palo. He leaves around June 1st after his visa arrives.

Michelle's 53rd Birthday

Michelle doesn't mind telling her age, as she looks much younger. For her New Years birthday celebration, we went to the Seattle Center and watched Tron Legacy on Imax 3D, and then went to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. After we returned home, Michelle opened her birthday presents, and then we played board games.

Christmas 2010

Doug, Linda, John, Mark and Hannah joined us for Christmas Eve dinner. Christmas day was fairly low key Christmas. We opened presents, lounged around, and went to the movies. It was good to have Dani and Brady home, but we missed not having any grandkids here this year.

Dave and Emily Parma Kids - Our cute grandkids (Bria, Liam, and Cali)

Welcome, Reese

Grand daughter Reese joined Chris and McCall on November 10th. She is our 6th grandchild. Welcome Reese. See Chris and McCall's blog for more info and photos.

Lucky the Raccoon Hunter

Lucky, our fearless but stupid Chihuahua, loves to chase and tree the raccoons that frequently visit our yard. Once he's on their scent, he becomes psycho and there is no calling him down. This morning he managed to tree a family of 4 raccoons.  They were mostly just annoyed by Lucky, whose bark is much more ferocious that his bite.  Fortunately, they didn't make mince meat out of him.

Trip to Maui and Oahu 09/10 to Take Brady to BYU-H - with Chris and McCall

Snowbird Summner Vacation

We enjoyed an extended family reunion and vacation at Snowbird July 24-31. Pictures will be loaded into a photobucket slideshow as time permits.

Northwest Trek

Don, Brady, Emily, Bria, and Cali visited Northwest Trek Wildlife Park Friday July 10th. We saw a lot of animals on the tram ride, but didn't get any photos of them. Here's a few from the outing.

In Memorium: Tigger 1989 - June 17, 2010

Our dear old friend Tigger passed away June 17, 2010 at the ripe old age of approximately 21. She lived a good, long life. She had been passed from Heidi to Kati to Michelle. We acquired her during the brief time Kati and Andy lived in Washington (about 1990). She will be missed. May she find joy in kitty heaven.

Brady's Eagle Scout Court of Honor June 13, 2010

Brady's High School Graduation June 10, 2010 Tacoma Dome

Brady, Friends and Dates for the Sr. Prom

Brady and Friends Make Ready for the Sr. Prom

Helping Move Chris and McCall from Las Vegas to Salt Lake

Easter 2010

Easter was pretty low key this year. We attended church, came home and opened Easter baskets, and had a chicken BBQ salad for dinner.

Brady's 18th Birthday - DOB Mar. 31, 1992

Brady the BB Star

The Ward young men's team (really an expanded building seminary team) played in the regional church basketball tournament Saturday March 27th. Don was the priesthood rep. to the team. The ward team easily won its first game in the one and done tournament, although Brady didn't shoot particularly well. He was well warmed up for the semi-final game however, as he made 8 of 10 three point attempts, and scored 30 points, nearly half of the total score. Their team then won the championship game over the Parkland team. Although Brady didn't attempt any threes (he was well guarded), he was able to score several buckets on drives in the lane. Brady led all scorers in the tournament.